Thursday, January 24, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Tens of thousands of customers throughout
Michigan experienced power outages due to strong winds that began January 19. –
Midland Daily News
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January 22, Midland Daily News –
(Michigan) High winds take out power. Tens of thousands of customers
throughout Michigan experienced power outages due to strong winds that began
January 19. While most had their power restored by January 21, many schools and
business remained closed and crews worked to remove downed trees from roadways.
Source: http://www.ourmidland.com/news/local_news/article_55bc1dce-9b86-5766-b22a-007e2667bafd.html
• Siemens Industry, Inc. initiated a recall of
about 57,000 Q-Series Temperature and Humidity Sensors due to an overheating
issue that poses a fire hazard. – U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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January 22, U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission – (National) Siemens recalls temperature and humidity
sensors for schools, hospitals and other buildings due to fire hazard. Siemens
Industry, Inc. initiated a recall of about 57,000 Q-Series Temperature and
Humidity Sensors due to an overheating issue that poses a fire hazard. Source: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml13/13720.html
• A Detroit doctor and two associates pleaded
guilty to a seven-year, $13.2 million Medicare scam. – Madisonville SurfKY
News; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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January 22, Madisonville SurfKY News; Federal
Bureau of Investigation – (Michigan) Mentally disabled used to
scam government. A Detroit doctor and two associates pleaded guilty to a
seven-year, $13.2 million Medicare scam. Source: http://surfky.com/index.php/news/national/25569-mentally-disabled-used-to-scam-government
• A fire at Beale Air Force Base caused more
than $10 million in damages to a 38,000-square-foot civil engineering building
January 21. – Marysville Appeal-Democrat
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January 22, Marysville Appeal-Democrat –
(California) Beale fire damage estimates exceed $10M. A fire at Beale
Air Force Base caused more than $10 million in damages to a 38,000-square-foot
civil engineering building January 21. Source: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/damage-122757-beale-estimates.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
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Information Technology
19. January 23, Help Net
Security –
(International) DNS attacks increase by 170%. A report by Radware
outlines several new distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack methods and
threats, including encrypted layer attacks and server-based botnets. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14285
20. January 23, Softpedia – (International) Twitter fixes bug
that allowed third-party apps to access DMs without permission. Twitter
corrected a vulnerability that allowed third-party apps to access direct
messages (DM) without user authorization after a researcher reported the issue
to the company. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitter-Fixes-Bug-That-Allowed-Third-Party-Apps-to-Access-DMs-Without-Permission-323420.shtml
21. January 23, Help Net
Security –
(International) Most exploit kits originated in Russia, say researchers. Solutionary
SERT released their Q4 2012 Quarterly Research Report which analyzed commonly
used exploit kits, finding that many target older but still useful
vulnerabilities, and that 70 percent of the reviewed exploit kits originated in
Russia. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14286
22. January 22, Softpedia – (International) Cybercriminals
compromise legitimate websites to distribute SMS trojans. Researchers at
Webroots discovered a campaign designed to distribute Android malware via Web
site redirects or imitations of legitimate sites and apps. The malware then
sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cybercriminals-Compromise-Legitimate-Websites-to-Distribute-SMS-Trojans-323642.shtml
23. January 21, IDG News
Service –
(International) Twitter has disruptions after hectic time during
inauguration of U.S. President. Twitter reported service interruptions over
a span of 6 hours January 21 amid high levels of messages related to the U.S.
presidential inauguration. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/012213-twitter-has-disruptions-after-hectic-265998.html?source=nww_rss
Communications Sector
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January 23, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner –
(Alaska) Overflow floods ACS equipment building north of Fox. Employees
from the Alaska Communication Services worked January 22 to restore phone and
Internet service to roughly 160 customers in the Fox area after one of their
buildings was filled with water that seeped in from a nearby creek. Source: http://www.newsminer.com/article_bf850cb8-653e-11e2-a93c-001a4bcf6878.html
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January 22, Miami Herald – (National) Some
AT&T customers experienced U-verse outages in south Florida. AT&T’s
U-verse service was restored January 22 after service went down for several
hours for customers across the U.S. Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/22/3194710/some-att-customers-experienced.html
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January 22, New Castle News –
(Pennsylvania) Thick telephone cables cut, stolen in Pulaski. Thieves
severed roughly 350 of telephone cables, cutting off service to Verizon
customers in Villa Maria January 22, the second such incident in the past week.
Source: http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/x1303525701/Thick-telephone-cables-cut-stolen-in-Pulaski